Library: Creative Design

Automate Acrobat to batch process InDesign files to PDF

Added on Monday 15th of February 2010 04:11 am EST

Exporting InDesign documents to PDF
is probably something you do quite
oftenâ€”and when youâ€™re only exporting
one fi le to PDF, the Export command
in InDesign works just fi ne. But, what
about when you need to export several
InDesign fi les to PDF? Or, when you
need to compile several InDesign fi les
into a single PDF? If you have Acrobat 7
and InDesign CS2, the answer is at your
fi ngertips.

Export multiple InDesign documents to PDF
without AcrobatDonâ€™t have Acrobat Professional or Standard 7?
You still have the ability to simultaneously export
multiple InDesign documents to a single PDF. All
you have to do is book your documents. Then,
you can export them to PDF.
To export booked InDesign documents to PDF:
1. Choose File > New > Book in InDesign.
2. Name the book, specify where you want
to save it, and then click Save in the New
Book dialog box.
3. Click the Add Documents button
or choose Add Document from the Book
palette pop-up menu.
4. Select all the documents you want to
export to PDFâ€”it helps to have them all
in one folder. Then, click Open (Add in
Windows).
5. Select all the documents in the Book
palette and then choose E...